Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Toxoglossa.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) Same as toxoglossa.

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Examples

  • Twenty years after Waterton walked across the Guianas, the botanist Robert Schomburgk confirmed that the curare of the Macusi Indians was derived from Strychnos toxifera.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Calabash curare usually consisted of Strychnos toxifera as the main ingredient.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Calabash curare usually consisted of Strychnos toxifera as the main ingredient.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Twenty years after Waterton walked across the Guianas, the botanist Robert Schomburgk confirmed that the curare of the Macusi Indians was derived from Strychnos toxifera.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The collections included three species of moonseeds, Chondrodendron iquitanum, C. tomentosum, and Sciadotenia toxifera, as well as Strychnos toxifera, which the Quichua Indians considered a minor ingredient.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • The collections included three species of moonseeds, Chondrodendron iquitanum, C. tomentosum, and Sciadotenia toxifera, as well as Strychnos toxifera, which the Quichua Indians considered a minor ingredient.

    One River Wade Davis 1996

  • Strychnos toxifera tree, which yields also the drug nux vomica, which you, Dr. Leslie, have mentioned.

    Gold of the Gods 1908

  • [413] L. 10 oorali: a drug extracted from Strychnos toxifera; It acts by paralysing the nerves of motion, whilst those of sensation are left unimpaired.

    The Treasury of Sacred Song 1890

  • _S. toxifera_ yields a frightful poison called Ourari or

    Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861

  • _Strychnos toxifera_, though it does not contain any trace of strychnine.

    The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America James Orton 1853

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